Machine-gun feed-belt.



F. H. FRISSELL.

MACHINE GUN FEED BELT,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. I911.

Patented Nov. 27, 1917.

UNITED s'rATEs PATENT onnron.

11; A v :FBANK H. FBISSELL, on MInnLETowN, CONNECTICUT.

MAcHInE-Gmv FEED-BELT.

To all u-kom it may concern." i Be it known that I, FRANK 1 a} citizen of the United States, residing at f Middletown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State oflconnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in lYlachine-Gun heed-Belts; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, and the characters: of reference marked thereon, to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, and

i i which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in--- g l a Figure l a broken plan view of one form which a machine-gun. feed belt constructd in accordance with my invention may assu Fig. 2 a v Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 a view of oneof the concealed beltstays detached. v y n i i ;Fig. 5a corresponding view ofa combined belt-stay and fender. i a

lgFig. .6 a schematic edge viewyon an enlargedscale to show the crossing of the warp-threads from side to side of the fabric for the production of the woven alternating cartridge-pockets and belt-stay pockets. Pi a/7 a detached view of one of the mod fied Forms which the belt-stays may assume. ffFig. 821 similar view of one of themodifi d forms which the combined belt-stay and fender; may assume.

Fig.1 9a detached fied form which the belt-stay may assume.

:.Fig. .10 a corresponding view eta-nether i it modified formwhich the combined stay and fenderlrnay assume,

characterized by cartridge-receiving pockets v a surface thereof relatively smooth and reduci reducingthe dan er of its threads being cut ingthe danger of itsfouling in use, and also ufiOI theedges ofthe stays.

Wlvith theseendsi ew, my lnventlon i $i Wel iesee feed t baring! H. FRIssELL,

\thereof on the line 2-2 of:

r ,Fig. 3 afsectional view thereofiin the line} 3 3 rri 1.

view of another modi "Mjl 'nvent on relates to an improved Specificationbf Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 27, 1917. r Application filed March 2 1917. Serial No. 151,909,

alternating cartridge-receiving and stay-receiving pockets.

My invention chine-gun feedbelt having woven alternating cartridge-receiving and stay-receiving pockets. v

My invention further consists in a maing cartridge-receiving pockets and stay-receiving pockets, the cartridge -receiving pockets being reduced in diameter adjacent to the inner edge of the belt and the stayreceiving pockets being closed at the outer edge of the belt, and means applied to the belt for closing the open ends of the stayreceiving pockets at points between the reduced ends of the cartridge-receiving pockets. 7

My invention further consists in a machine-gun feed belt having alternating cartridge-receiving and stay-receiving pockets, in combination with yieldingstays located in the said stay-receiving pockets and exerting pressure uponthe cartridges in the cartridge-receiving pockets for retaining them inplace.

My invention further consists in a machine-gun feed belt having certaindetails of construction and combination of parts as will be hereinafter described andpointed out in the claims.

In carrying out. my invention as herein shown, I produce in a loom suitably set up for the purpose, a woven-belt having alternating cartridge-receiving and stay-receiving pockets 4: and 5, the former being adapt-.

edin size forthe reception of standard cartridges, and the latter being adapted in size for the receptionof belt-stays to prevent the belt from collapsing edgewise. As herein shown andpreferably, the warp-threads 6 of the belt-fabric, are crossed from side to side of the belt at regularly spacedintervals, for theproduction of the said pockets 4 and 5 and to secure the utmost strength in the finished belt, which is subjected to severe strains in use. By producing the pocketsin the weaving of the belts,I secure absolute uniformity in the sizes of the pockets and in their spacing from each other, whereby the belts will function much better than belts in which the pockets are not produced as a part of the woven structure, but formed by stitchingorat the time of applying exterior belts further consists in a ma chine-gun feed belt having woven alternat T10 duced by placing two indefiefidel illy" xipsnife e .t m ece, e .e t ;11ieg.iheez.a.39 I y 1f p d, use a -m desired the belt might be yeaei tyye'hs l el agi sm engaged at their ends,

- strips and stitched together at regular inz emiangering the displacement of the cartelgva'l sg at; the t i-g e-p feaving fOl ll-l1e 'DF-O*:jtlflglgg ig gl}e belt. A -1 ducfioii of fl1e'pokts; biffifi might y, lhis stay 1 g lef ah e ve W rebeet' -t .a l

r the ends of the wire devices shown in Figs.

4, and 9 may be joined by welding or Otherwise in which case the spring of the alternating cartridge-receiving and stayreceiving 'elosed'at one end.

pockets, the latter being woven 3. A mach1ne-gun feed belt having woven alternating cartridge-receiving and stay-reeiving pockets, the cartridge-receiving pockets belng reduced in dlameter ad acent to the inner edge of the belt, and the stayreceiving pockets being woven closed at the outeredge of the belt, belt-stays located in the said stay-receiving pockets, and means i applied to the belt between the reduced ends of the cartridge-receiving pockets for closing the open ends of tlIestay-receiving pockets and so confining the stays therein.

4. A machine-gun feed belt having alternating cartridge-receiving and stay-receiving pockets, in combination with yielding stays located in the said stay-receiving 1 pockets and exerting pressure upon the cartrid 'es in the cartrld 'e-recelvin ockets b 1:

Copies of this patent may be obtained for for retaining the cartridges in place.

5. A machine-gun feed belt having alternating cartridge-receiving and stay-receiving pockets, in combination with stays having yielding arms located in the said pockets and exerting a. constant effort to spread transversely and so exert pressure upon the cartridges in the cartridge-receiving pockets size at the inner edge of'the belt, and the latter being woven closedat the outer edge of the belt, yielding stays located in the stay-pockets, and fastening means located between the reduced ends of the cartridgereceiving pockets and assed through the inner ends of the stays or closing the inner ends of the stay-receiving pockets and for holding the stays in place therein.

8. A belt-stay for machine-gun feed belts, the said belt-stay being adapted to be inserted into a pocket in the belt andconsisting of a single piece of wire bent to form a loop with an eyelet-receiving eye at its inner end. 9. A combined belt-stay and fender for insertion into pockets in machine-gun feedbelts the said combined belt-stay and fender consisting of a single piece of wire bent to ing witnesses.

FRANK H. FRISSELL. Witnesses:

A. L. PRATT, H. A. Pore.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. 

